Things Aren't Funny Anymore

"Things Aren't Funny Anymore" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in February 1974 as the first single from the album Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album. The song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers seventeenth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent ten weeks on the country chart.[1]

"Things Aren't Funny Anymore"
Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
from the album Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
B-side"Honky Tonk Night Time Man"
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1974
GenreCountry
Length2:43
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Fuzzy Owen
Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology
"If We Make It Through December"
(1973)
"Things Aren't Funny Anymore"
(1974)
"Old Man from the Mountain"
(1974)

Chart performance

Chart (1974) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2
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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 147.
  2. "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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